I used a cookie sheet lined with tin foil and then laid the pony beads out in the pattern I wanted.

One thing, that annoyed me on the first one I did is that there were some foil lines/creases. So on this one I made sure the foil was absolutely the flattest of flats. I used my nail to smooth any possible lines. Not a really great secret, but it's was a pet peeve of mine the first time!

375 degrees for about 40 minutes did the trick with my oven.

When it comes out it will be pliable when it's still hot. If you want to mold it to a different shape, you'll have to work quickly. Otherwise, you can let it cool or use oven mitts/gloves to pull it from the cookie sheet, flip it & remove the foil.

A drill can be used if you'd like to drill holes for hanging. I use itty bitty bit and haven't had any problems with any of my pieces so far.

Just a quick question from a newbie here ^^ Is there a particular way you put the beads down onto the foil so that they don't shift or seperate from eachother when you put them into the oven?

Is it best to just completely fill up the sheet so that it is formfitted? I'm not exactly sure how pony beads melt, so I was just curious. Do they generally retain thier shape during the melting process?

Just a quick question from a newbie here ^^ Is there a particular way you put the beads down onto the foil so that they don't shift or seperate from eachother when you put them into the oven?

Is it best to just completely fill up the sheet so that it is formfitted? I'm not exactly sure how pony beads melt, so I was just curious. Do they generally retain thier shape during the melting process?

Thanks a bunch!

I filled the entire sheet, but you don't have to. I posted pix of the first one so you can see how the beads are arranged http://www.craftster.org/forum/index.php?topic=101446.0 How the beads melt entirely depends on how long you let them melt... at first they shrink a bit, then they poof up, then the start to ooze down and if you let them melt long enough they will melt entirely flat & lose their shape (if they have the space to do so).

Maybe someone has asked this before in your previous melted bead posts BUT have you ever tried ironing the beads? I know there are certain little kits that you can stick the beads onto little plastic pegboards that are in shapes like hearts and stars, etc. and then you iron them. I used to make them with my grandma all the time.

Maybe someone has asked this before in your previous melted bead posts BUT have you ever tried ironing the beads? I know there are certain little kits that you can stick the beads onto little plastic pegboards that are in shapes like hearts and stars, etc. and then you iron them. I used to make them with my grandma all the time.

I haven't tried melting this particular type of bead. I have melted perler beads before, though (I think those are the ones you are talking about). I'm not sure how these would melt, but it might be fun experiment!

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